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A Note on Transit Board Governance
The issue of how TriMet’s board is appointed (by the Governor, confirmed by the State Senate) comes up on this blog from time to time (including in Scotty’s post yesterday). Often these discussions include advocacy for direct election of board members. So readers might be interested in this report, passed along by a reader, from…
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The Transportation-Industrial Complex?
The California High Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA), the entity charged with overseeing the design and construction of the proposed HSR line eventually intended to connect the LA Basin with the Bay Area (and other points as well), last week dropped a proverbial taco into the punch bowl when they announced a revised business plan with…
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UPDATED: Land use/transportation issues on the ballot, other land use odds and ends
Unofficial election returns on the items discussed in this post: C-TRAN operating level appears to be PASSING, 54%-46%. Clackamas County urban renewal: Both measures 3-386 and 3-388 PASS; 3-386 (which requires a countywide vote, rather than a vote within a proposed or existing UR district) passes with a wider margin (70% for 3-386, 64% for…
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That Recurring Annual Presentation…
The annual pilgrimage by Vancouver B.C.’s eminent authority on livable urbanism, Gordon Price, is upon us. His freshly updated presentation will be delivered this Thursday: This Thursday evening (11/10), Gordon Price will give a free presentation on the effective integration of transportation in high-density environments with an emphasis on land use. If you’ve seen Price…
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Important Wonkdom: Transportation Planning Rule Update
Guest contributor Heidi Guenin is Transportation Policy Director at Upstream Public Health and a citizen representative on the Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee at Metro. Disclaimer: What you’re about to read is a seriously nerdy transportation update but one that may have a very large impact throughout the state. What’s the Oregon Highway Plan? The OHP…